California · Nonprofit
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being UTAH FILM CENTER ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $27M
What Producers Guild of America Inc does
Mission
The producers guild of america represents over 8,400 producers. It is a non-profit trade organization that represents, protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and emerging media. The guild invests in its core values that benefit the industry at large. These values are rooted in facilitating employment and health benefits for its members, advocating for sustainable practices in production that minimize human and environmental harm, and ensuring a set culture that advances safety and creates viable pathways into the guild for the next generation of producers, particularly those from populations under-represented in the industry. Year-round it hosts a number of educational, mentoring and professional networking programs, as well as industry events that honor excellence in producing.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The producers guild awards celebrates the finest producing work of the year and gives the guild an opportunity to honor some of the living legends who have shaped the producing profession. It is a unique chance for pga members to extend their network, support their guild and pay tribute to the best of their profession. The producers guild awards were held in person at the fairmont century plaza, los angeles, ca in february 2025.
The producers guild also hosts the produced by conference, an annual event which consists of panels, sessions, and networking opportunities tailored to the producing industry. In addition, the producers guild holds smaller networking events such as seminars, workshops, master classes, new members events, networking meetings, and employment events. These events bring members together to promote educational and networking opportunities, share ideas and build on relationships within the industry. These events help to protect, educate, and promote the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and emerging media. Many of the committee meetings, webinars, master classes, networking events and screenings were held via zoom.
The "produced by" magazine contains editorials and articles about the producing profession. There are feature stories on producers in film, television and emerging media, as well as diverse pieces on technology, credits, developing trends, new opportunities, professional tips and more.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $17M to $23M (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Susan Sprung
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $5k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $5k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). These are real filings, and they are not money PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19k on record.
- FL$14k
- MA$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Producers Guild of America Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC?
- PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being UTAH FILM CENTER ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,000 in grants to PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC?
- UTAH FILM CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing